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Recycling
The processing of used materials or waste into new products to prevent the waste of potentially useful waste material, reduce consumption of fresh material, as well as reduce energy consumption and environmental pollution.
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prevalence rate
Biology; Toxicology
Total number of individuals who have an attribute or disease at a particular time (or during a particular period) divided by the population at risk of having the attribute or ...
societal risk
Biology; Toxicology
Total probability of harm to a human population including the probability of adverse effects to health of descendants and the probability of disruption resulting from loss of ...
population (in statistics)
Biology; Toxicology
Totality of related items under consideration. Note 1: A clearly defined part of a population is called a subpopulation. The term ‘population segment’ is sometimes used as a ...
tubular reabsorption
Biology; Toxicology
Transfer of solutes from the renal tubule lumen to the tubular epithelial cell and normally from there to the peritubular fluid.
pinocytosis
Biology; Toxicology
Type of endocytosis in which soluble materials are taken up by the cell and incorporated into vesicles for digestion.
prokaryote
Biology; Toxicology
Unicellular organism, characterized by the absence of a membrane-enclosed nucleus. Note: Prokaryotes include bacteria, blue-green algae and mycoplasmas.
